Eight weeks.
One scholar.
The questions that last.

Encounter the great philosophers of Islam and their enduring reflections on reason, existence, knowledge, and the good life.

Read and appreciate some of the greatest works of Arabic literature that have shaped intellectual and cultural life for centuries.

Examine the origins, assumptions, and contemporary implications of Orientalism through one of its foremost critics.

Study a classic masterpiece of Islamic spirituality that illuminates the nature of love, sainthood, and the journey to God.

Trace the remarkable intellectual traditions that flourished in the Indian subcontinent over a millennium.

Discover the beauty and cultural richness of Urdu literature through its greatest poets, thinkers, and storytellers.

What comes after the modern world? Explore competing visions of knowledge, society, and human flourishing in an age of global crisis.

Examine how Muslim women scholars have interpreted the Quran across diverse historical and intellectual contexts.

Journey through the poetic, mystical, and political worlds of Persian literature, one of humanity’s greatest literary traditions.

Discover how Islamic art transforms artistic pursuit into a spiritual path toward the sacred through calligraphy, architecture, music, and symbolism.

Enter the mysterious universe of Ibn ʿArabi and explore his profound vision of God, the cosmos, and the human self.

Gain a foundational understanding of Islamic law, its intellectual methods, ethical aims, and continuing relevance in the modern world.

Explore the Islamic vision of education as the cultivation of knowledge, character, wisdom, and excellence.

An introduction to Islamic metaphysics and its application across religion, education, art, science, and more.

In this course we will introduce the famous philosopher, mystic, and poet ʿAyn al-Quḍāt Hamadānī (d. 1131).